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3d printer coming out soon, $1300 Endless possibilities
Mysterioii:
There's lots of hobby-level 3D printers popping up... reprap, makerbot... I'll probably end up with one eventually but I have hardly any free time right now. Yeah, you've really got to think of these things as prototyping tools or for one-off things, you wouldn't mass produce anything with these. Injection molding is great if you've got a finished mold to inject stuff into. Check out this link on Instructables... the guy talks about manufacturing your own designer toy... he modeled it and had it printed on a 3D printer, sanded it to an acceptable finish, then made his own mold and ran the figures on a used rotocasting machine...
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-manufacture-your-own-designer-toy-or-start-/
I've also seen several stories where people needed a one-off quick bracket or something to replace some obscure broken part, and they were able to get out the calipers and model an acceptable replacement and print their own... Now, the wife probably wouldn't greenlight a ~$1000 machine to replace the occasional $3 plastic bit, but it would be cool to be able to make something like that yourself rather than hope to find the part you need on the web then wait for shipping.
Plus, if you get a kit and build it yourself, it's always resume material. ;D And a potential tax writeoff if you're self-employed, depending on your business.
yotsuya:
I just paid $5 for a replacement flap for a part for my pool skimmer. I'm sure someone could have made one on one of these printers for minimal effort and maximum profit.
SammyWI:
--- Quote from: kahlid74 on April 02, 2012, 11:15:19 pm ---You all gotta get on kickstarter! That's where Printrbot started a while ago. Getting closer to Affordable 3d printing at home.
Here's the original Kickstarter page - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/printrbot/printrbot-your-first-3d-printer. His goal was $25,000, he raised $830,000. Talk about there being a decent demand for 3d printing at an affordable price! His page is below where you can buy one.
http://printrbot.com/
$549 for a 5x5 surface
$699 for a 8x8 surface
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FYI: the $549 version was bumped up to a 6 x 6 bed. I missed the Kickstarter but I put in an order as soon as their store opened.
kahlid74:
--- Quote from: SammyWI on April 03, 2012, 09:08:18 pm ---
--- Quote from: kahlid74 on April 02, 2012, 11:15:19 pm ---You all gotta get on kickstarter! That's where Printrbot started a while ago. Getting closer to Affordable 3d printing at home.
Here's the original Kickstarter page - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/printrbot/printrbot-your-first-3d-printer. His goal was $25,000, he raised $830,000. Talk about there being a decent demand for 3d printing at an affordable price! His page is below where you can buy one.
http://printrbot.com/
$549 for a 5x5 surface
$699 for a 8x8 surface
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FYI: the $549 version was bumped up to a 6 x 6 bed. I missed the Kickstarter but I put in an order as soon as their store opened.
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I'm super intrigued to buy one but I find that I want to build my CNC machine first. Once I have that then I'll build/buy the 3d printer.
Unstupid:
--- Quote from: mountain on April 02, 2012, 01:02:44 pm ---We use a 3D Systems prototyping machine here at work. It uses a composite type of material and UV light to cure each stepped layer.
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This sounds like an Objet machine... we were looking into purchasing one... right now we have a Dimension Elite 3D printer but we were looking for something with a little higher resolution....
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